Jetlagged in Santiago

Hola everybody! This is the first post on the world tour after a very tiring flight from Sydney. If we were in a better state of mind i`ld actually try and attempt to calculate exactly how long it took for us to get to Santiago from Sydney. After a very long flight and a few delays we`re currently still getting over the effects of jetlag two days after arriving. So lets just say 24hours of travel between friends...

Santiago is definitely a lot different to what we expected. In summary, a lot of pollution (a thick layer of smog can be seen trapped over the city surrounded by mountains), very dirty streets and not much english spoken. However, the people were relatively friendly, even after we `butchered` their native language with a mixed of badly spoken phrase book spanish and words we made up using a system not unlike pig latin. For example, we couldn`t work out what `cool` was so we thought adding an `o` to the end would make it sound sort of like spanish (yes and i can hear all you die-hard language buffs cringing). So far our spanish vocab includes `si senor`, `por favor` (or as Denning would say `Denny Chong, Poor Favorrr`), `gracias` and my personal favourite `no hablo espanol`.

This post is proudly brought to you by the letters P and J of the PJWT in a Santiago International Airport near you! Stay tune for further updates and maybe even some pics when we get to Buenos Aires!

Here are a few pics from Santiago:


Polluted river running through Santiago


A view of the very populated Santiago from the top of the hill. Note the thick layer of smog.


Statue of the Virgin Mary from the top of the hill.